Friday, September 26, 2014

It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies…For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend—of a Prohibition bootlegger named Charlie “Sleepy” Harlow. Decapitated by rival rumrunners, Harlow appears once a year in spectral form to search for his noggin.This October, the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to the island. The group claims that they have film footage of Harlow’s ghost, and are determined to get more. They’re staying at Bea Cartwright’s B and B, but it’s Kate Wilder who isn’t happy to see them after they trashed her winery last year. When the EGG leader turns up dead, Kate becomes the prime suspect, and the other League members need to scramble to crack the case.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Pseudonym for Casey Daniels.

So maybe you already know that I’m not just Kylie
Logan, I’m also Casey Daniels and a few other writers,
too. What’s it like to have multiple personalities and
the pen names to go with them? Well, I was once lucky enough
to interview mystery great Elizabeth Peters for an article
in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She writes under more than
one name, too, and she described the experience perfectly,
“If you’re only one person,” she said,
“you’re boring!”

And I guess I’d add to that—if you only write
one mystery series, you’re boring, too! Or maybe
you’re just not getting visited as often by the Idea
Fairy. The only way to keep that particular critter quiet is
to follow where those ideas lead and to date, they’ve
led me to write three different mystery series under the
Kylie name.

So who is Kylie? I’m a fulltime writer who has loved
mysteries since I was a kid. My dad was a Cleveland Police
detective, and he introduced me to Sherlock Holmes stories.
He also gave me my first investigating experiences when on
his days off, we’d pile into the car and hit the
streets to look for stolen cars. When he retired from the
force, Dad became the head of security for the Cleveland
Public Library.

Crooks and books! I guess I come by my love for mysteries
honestly.
I have a degree in English, experience as a journalist and
writing teacher, and lots of ideas about interesting ways to
kill people. This makes me an excellent guest as cocktail
parties, but I’ve noticed that the hostess
doesn’t always trust me near the food. Could that have
something to do with the book on poisons sticking out of my
purse?

I began my career writing historical romance and my book
“Devil’s Diamond” was nominated for a RITA
award as historical of the year by Romance Writers of
America. I’ve also written contemporary romance, young
adult horror (as Zoe Daniels and Connie Laux), and one
children’s book, “Fright Knight,” in the
RL Stine’s Ghosts of Fear Street series. If you click
on the “AKA” button at the top of the page,
you’ll see all my pen names.

I enjoy weaving and knitting, exploring old cemeteries, and
I am a beekeeper. I can’t pass up an antique shop
(there might be buttons in there!). I can’t put down a
classic book (even if I already know the story!). And I
can’t say no to a good bowl of chili. Lucky for me, my
husband is the world’s greatest chili maker.

When I’m not writing, I’m usually with my family
and our two dogs, Ernie, an adorable Airedale, and Oscar, a
Jack Russell rescue who came for a short-term stay and ten
years later, is still here. Those of you who have ever lived
with/met/had dealings with a Russell will certainly
understand how knowing him has increased my propensity for
murder.

I just love your button shop & Miranda Bliss mysteries. Reading the intro for this addition to your "League" series makes me want to read this one too. Halloween stories (the spookier the better) are right up my alley! sxygrndma48(at)yahoo(dot)com

Thanks to all!

Sadly, we will be saying good bye to Bookin' With Bingo early next month. Things just have been too hectic so we have chosen to close down with hopes for a new "BWB" someday. Thanks to all and KEEP READING!